West Africa: Russia Upstages Neo-Colonialist France in West Africa

Going back to the 16th century and continuing through the late 1960s, France was described as the world's second largest colonial power--just behind the British Empire. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times for Women in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country's natural resources, with the fisheries taking some of the most felt… Read more »

Africa: Requiem for the UN Security Council - Towards a UN Charter Review Conference

The world's institutions are ill-prepared and poorly designed to effectively address global challenges such as major power conflicts, pandemics, the climate catastrophe, refugee… Read more »

Africa: Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol On Women's Rights in Africa

It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and transformative protocol on African women's rights. Specific in its approach, broad in its reach, and unique in its… Read more »

Africa: Mining Revenues Undermined

The primary commodity price boom early this century has often been attributed to a commodity 'super-cycle', i.e., a price upsurge greater than what might be expected in 'normal'… Read more »

Africa: A Flawed GDP Bypasses Women's Unpaid Care Work

Last week the IMF offered a cautious estimate of positive global economic growth for this year, warning 'we are on track, but not out of the woods'. But with the IMF and… Read more »

Africa: G20 - Cutting Food Loss and Waste Is an Opportunity to Improve Food Security

The writer is President & CEO, The Global Food Banking Network Read more »

West Africa: France, Russia, Ecowas in Battle for Soul of West Africa

On July 26 2023 a man named Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, flanked by soldiers with military fatigues, appeared on Niger's national television to announce the execution of a coup.… Read more »

Africa: From Crisis to Resilience - We Need a New Recipe to Combat Hunger

The fragile state of global food systems has reached a crossroads. Recent headlines underscore the profound challenges we now confront. Read more »

Africa: Stubborn and Persistent - the Gender Pay Gap Refuses to Budge

By Jemimah Njuki and Jocelyn Chu Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Farmers Turn to Agroecology to Feed Their Families #AfricaClimateHope

When Nelson Mudzingwa arrived in the Shashe farming area in Mashava in Masvingo, about 294 kilometres from the capital Harare, in the early 2000s, the land was barren, with no hope… Read more »

Africa: Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate #AfricaClimateHope

By Philippe Benoit and Anne-Sophie Corbeau Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigeria's Legal System Is Failing to Safeguard Widows' Rights

In February this year, Chichi Okonkwo not only lost her husband but was stripped of everything they owned together. Her husband was severely injured in a car accident about a month… Read more »

Africa: Clock Is Ticking for Food Security in Africa, Says New IITA Head

"My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Says WHO Envoy #AfricaClimateCrisis

Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity's well-being, says the special envoy for climate change and health of… Read more »

Africa: Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor Read more »

Africa: Scramble for Africa - It's Not 1884 All Over Again, Is It?

Not all wars are fought on the battleground. The Cold War has taught us that certain wars could go on for decades, without overt violence. Perhaps, we are in the middle of another… Read more »

Africa: Afghan Girls, Women Deprived of Education, Find Hope in Africa

When providing education to her small group of Afghan girls, who had been studying at a boarding school back home, became tenuous, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, relocated them to Rwanda. Read more »

Africa: Should Military Leaders Be Barred From Addressing the UN?

A rash of military coups in African countries -- including Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Mali, and most recently Niger- has raised a legitimate question: What should be the response… Read more »

Niger: Humanitarian Aid Efforts Continue in Niger Despite Military Coup

Nicole Kouassi, the UNDP resident representative in Niger, is constantly faced with the challenge of coordinating aid delivery to 4.3 million people in need. On Wednesday, Kouassi… Read more »

Southern Africa: Civil Society Space in Southern Africa Shrinking As Government Repression Rises

Freedom of expression is under threat as governments in Southern Africa have enacted laws restricting civil society organizations, says global rights advocacy organisation,… Read more »

Africa: The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis

"Humanity is in the hot seat today," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists as the world confronted official data confirming that July 2023 is… Read more »

Africa: TB Preventive Treatment - The Need for Choice

The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us to tolerate how one… Read more »

Africa: Exchange Rate Movements Due to Interest Rates, Speculation, Not Fundamentals

Currency values and foreign exchange rates change for many reasons, largely following market perceptions, regardless of fundamentals. Market speculation has worsened volatility,… Read more »

South Sudan: Education Is a 'Life-Saving Intervention' in Emergencies - Education Minister

In times of crisis, education is an essential component of humanitarian intervention packages, South Sudan's Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil told IPS… Read more »